Snoopy is the black male, 14 weeks, neutered.
Bambi is the tabby female, 12 weeks, not yet neutered but will be in a few weeks.
In terms of their background, Bambi was raised with 3 litter mates in a foster home from birth whereas Snoopy was found on the street at 6 weeks and then lived in a foster home for 6 weeks with 7 other cats and apparently he loved living with the other cats.
Snoopy lived here for two weeks before Bambi arrived and they've known each other for one week.
We introduced them gradually through the door, and through a baby gate. Snoopy was growling and territorial at first but it got to the point where they were comfortable around each other with no hissing or growling so we brought them together for short supervised play sessions.
They can go quite a while ignoring each other and playing separately, but when they decide to play together Snoop dominates and I can't figure out if Bambi is ok or not, if they are fighting and if this is damaging their relationship or what to do/whether to separate them? She does squeal a bit, hisses sometimes and her ears are back but she seems to go back for more..... Sometimes she initiates but it's usually him.
3 videos below, apologies for the poor lighting and voiceover.
Any light you can shed on this situation would be helpful.
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/hr0j4n/please_help_me_identify_if_my_kittens_are_playing/
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